Dead Man's Family Sues For Accident

February 12, 1994|The Morning Call

The manufacturer of a front-end loader that struck and killed an East Bangor man in 1992 has been sued over his death.

An action was filed yesterday in Northampton County Court by Irma Teabo of 223 N. Broad St., Bangor, as administrator of the estate of Boyd Teabo Sr. Defendants in the action filed by attorney Jerry Knafo are International Harvester, Navistar and International Transportation Corp., all of Chicago.

Boyd Teabo, 35, who worked for Herceg Hauling, died Feb. 14, 1992, after he was struck by a front-end loader in the loading zone at the East Penn Sanitation transfer station at Hanoverville and Georgetown roads in Lower Nazareth Township. The front-end loader was reversing; the audible back-up warning was not operating at the time.

The suit, filed in support of the rights of Irma and Boyd Sr.'s daughter, Brandy Gin, blames the defendants for manufacturing and selling faulty equipment and not warning of its defects.